You cannot use wildcards in a publication year search. For example,
2007 is acceptable but 200* is not.

You cannot search on a wildcard if it appears in a word or name. For example,
the search TS=E*Trade OR TS="E*Trade" will not return records
about the company called E*Trade.

Avoid using wildcards in search queries with very broad truncation matches.
For example, a search on UT=*2 or UT=*2* or
UT=*22 or UT=*22* may return incomplete
results (or no results) because there are simply too many matches.

Left-Hand Truncation

You can use left-hand truncation in the following search fields in all
Web of Science product databases: Topic, Title, and Identifying Codes.

In Topic and Title searches, you must enter at least three characters after
the wildcard when using left-hand truncation. For example: *bio

Left-hand truncation is not supported in Author and Cited Author searches.

In Identifying Code searches, you must enter at least one character after the
wildcard when using left-hand truncation. For example: *2307

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Wildcards, Hyphens, and Apostrophes

The search engine treats hyphens (-) and apostrophes (') in names as spaces.
For example:

AU=O Brien returns the same number of results as
AU=O'Brien.

Try searching for names with and without a space. For example,
AU=OBrien ORAU=O Brien returns both variants
of the name.

When searching for hyphenated query terms, enter the term with and without
wildcards. For example: